摘要:Manuela Ribeiro has a healthy addiction. It's 41. A few months ago, the 30-year-old teacher decided it was time to put her 42 to g
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阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Manuela Ribeiro has a healthy addiction. It's 41. A few months ago, the 30-year-old teacher decided it was time to put her 42 to good use. She signed up on the website Bookalokal, and now welcomes 43 into her Brussels flat twice a week for dinner parties.
Ribeiro 44€35 per person for what is usually a three-course meal that can last up to three hours. For Ribeiro, it has become a perfect platform for 45 her hobby of buying food, 46 new recipes and holding dinner parties.
“It's a great opportunity to share my passion for food and to 47 new people,” said Ribeiro. Sometimes she prepares traditional Brazilian dishes 48 her native home; other times she 49 dinner courses with her favorite beers.
The platform has enabled Ribeiro to realise her dream with a great deal of freedom, as 50 to a restaurant where the service is 51, the menu is known in advance, and the meal is expected to be no 52.
“But it's also a great 53, for it can sometimes take days to 54 a single event,” Ribeiro said. “This platform is not only 55 for professional cooks, but also for those willing to discover new experiences.”
41. A. reading B. traveling
C. cooking D. teaching
42. A. hobby B. energy
C. education D. money
43. A. coworkers B. students
C. relatives D. strangers
44. A. pays B. charges
C. owes D. raises
45. A. pursuing B. choosing
C. discussing D. changing
46. A. passing on B. trying out
C. going over D. taking down
47. A. hire B. help
C. meet D. train
48. A. in addition to B. in return for
C. in honor of D. in line with
49. A. replaces B. tastes
C. orders D. pairs
50. A. opposed B. related
C. subject D. vital
51. A. invaluable B. impersonal
C. unsuitable D. unprofessional
52. A. surprise B. end
C. need D. problem
53. A. lesson B. pleasure
C. success D. challenge
54. A. celebrate B. record
C. attend D. organise
55. A. selected B. reserved
C. evaluated D. requested
参考答案:41---45 CADBA 46---50 BCCDA 51---55 BADDB
文章主旨:
本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了一位女老师Manuela Ribeiro利用网络平台Bookalokal,把自己的烹饪爱好变成一种社交形式的故事。
答案详解:
41. C。根据第一段的dinner parties,第二段的 a three-course meal,her hobby of buying food,new recipes,holding dinner parties和第三段的share my passion for food 等信息可知,第一句中提到的 healthy addiction 指的是烹饪,因此应选C。
42. A。根据第二段的hobby of buying food,recipes and holdingdinner parties 可知,这位 30 岁的女教师认为是时候好好利用她的业余爱好了。因此应选A。
43. D。根据第三段的“It's a great opportunity to share my passion for food and to 47 new people,” said Ribeiro.可推知,每周到 Ribeiro 家里参加宴会的人都是不认识的人,D.strangers 符合语境,因此应选D。
44. B。根据第一段的 twice a week for dinner parties,本段中的 buying food 和第三段中的 new people 可知,Ribeiro 每周要为这些新人购买食材,做饭,举办宴会,所以 Ribeiro 会向这些来用餐的人收取费用,因此应选B。
45. A。下文提到的 buying food,holding dinner parties 都是 Ribeiro 在追求自己的烹饪爱好。因此应选A。
46. B。根据第三段的 Sometimes she prepares traditional Brazilian dishes ... other times she ... dinner courses with her favorite beers. 以及第四段 ... realise her dream with a great deal of freedom,discover new experiences 等信息可推断,Ribeiro 烹饪时会试做新的食谱。B. trying out尝试,因此应选B。
其它选项含义:A. passing on传递 C. going over检查,审查 D. taking down降低,记下
47. C。根据第一段的 She signed up on the website Bookalokal, and now welcomes ... into her Brussels flat twice a week for dinner parties. 可知,Ribeiro 通过在网站注册,可以在家举办宴会活动,所以可以结识新人。因此应选C。
48. C。根据空格前的 she prepares traditional Brazilian dishes 和 her native home 的语境可推知,Ribeiro 准备传统巴西菜肴是为了纪念自己的家乡。C. in honor of为了纪念,因此应选C。其它选项含义:A. in addition to除了…之外 B. in return for 作为报答D. in line with与…一致。
49. D。根据 she ... dinner courses with ...her favorite beers 结构可知,她是给晚餐搭配上她最喜欢的啤酒,因此应选D。
50. A。根据空格处前的 The platform has enabled Ribeiro to realise her dream with a great deal of freedom 这个平台使里贝罗能够自由地实现她的梦想。可知,Ribeiro 烹饪时有很大的自由发挥空间,再联系下文餐馆的情况...the menu is known in advance...,可推知,此处是说 Ribeiro 在家准备宴席与餐馆不同。as opposed to与...不同,因此应选A。
51. B。空格处是在描述餐馆服务,上文说 Ribeiro 在家准备宴席时有很大的自由发挥空间,与之不同,餐馆服务则显得缺乏个性化服务。B. impersonal 不够人性化的,因此应选B。
其它选项含义:A. invaluable极有用的,极宝贵的 C. unsuitable不适合的 D. unprofessional非专业的,外行的
52. A。根据上文的 the menu is known in advance 可推知,餐馆的菜品没有新意,没有什么意外,因此应选A。
53. D。根据空格处前的 But 可知,本句语意有转折,再根据下午 for it can sometimes take days to ... a single event 可知,有时要花好几天时间准备一次活动,所以此事是很有挑战的。因此应选D。
54. D。根据上文的 it can sometimes take days 和下文的 a single event 可推知,这里是说 Ribeiro 组织一次活动有时候要花好几天时间。因此应选D。
55. B。根据本句中的 not only ... for professional cooks, but also for those willing to discover new experiences. 可知,这个平台不仅为了专业厨师,而且也为那些乐意发现新体验的人,B. reserved保留,符合语境。因此应选B。其它选项含义:A. selected 选择 C. evaluated评价 D. requested要求
参考译文:
曼努埃拉·里贝罗有健康的癖好。那就是是烹饪。几个月前,这位30岁的教师决定是时候好好利用自己的爱好了。她在Bookalokal网站注册,现在每周两次欢迎陌生人到她位于布鲁塞尔的公寓参加晚宴。
里贝罗向每位客人收取35欧元,这顿饭通常有三道菜,持续时间长达三个小时。对里贝罗来说,这已经成为她追求购买食物、尝试新食谱和举办晚宴等爱好的完美平台。
里贝罗说:“这是一个分享我对食物的热情和结识新朋友的好机会。”有时,她会准备传统的巴西菜,以纪念她的家乡;其他时候,她会用她最喜欢的啤酒搭配晚餐。
这个平台使里贝罗能够以极大的自由实现她的梦想,而不是像其他餐馆那样,服务没有人格化,菜单提前知道,饭菜也不会让人感到意外。
里贝罗说:“但这也是一个巨大的挑战,因为有时组织一场活动需要几天的时间。”“这个平台不仅为专业厨师保留,也为那些愿意发现新体验的人保留。
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